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02-22-2005, 07:46 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sydney, NSW,New_South_Wales
Posts: 15
|  instant ocean, good or bad salt
After reading this page http://www.aquacraft.net/w0023.html
I think i should give up this hobby. Basically all the salts listed as bad from the "S-15 report" found on this site are the only ones easily available to me.
Has there been any other tests conducted on IO, reef crystal or redsea salts since that report was released?
is "marine environment" and "bio-sea" only available in the US? i live in australia. None of the 12 local and not so local fish stores i have been to have never heard of these brands!!!
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50 gallons, 44pounds live rock, aquamedic biostar flotor protein skimmer, EHEIM canister filter.
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02-22-2005, 08:09 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 41
Posts: 2,947
| Re: instant ocean, good or bad salt
Hi!
I use one of the Aquacraft salts, but I know plenty of people with good results from Instant Ocean! Reef Crystals is the same company but supposedly better ingredients....I don't know if that is accurate or not tho.
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Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch  | |
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02-22-2005, 08:13 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: clovis, CA,California
Posts: 40
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 | Re: instant ocean, good or bad salt
instant ocean is a good salt to use i used it for many years but ive been using kent salt for awile now and had the same results 
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date started 1-17-05 -60gallonl, 20 gallon refugium ,cpr sr4 protein skimmer, 2x 175 2x 96 watt power compacts , diy led moon lights 65 k power compact for refugium,chaeto algae ,75+pounds live rock 3 inch sand bed 100 gph ro/di 1-yellow tang , misc corals
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02-22-2005, 08:55 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sydney, NSW,New_South_Wales
Posts: 15
| Re: instant ocean, good or bad salt
you have been using it for years!!! mate thats all i need to know, IO it is then. | |
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02-22-2005, 09:09 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Dallas, TX,Texas
Posts: 401
Karma: 26
| Re: instant ocean, good or bad salt
I switched to IO a couple of months ago from Oceanic and went through a diatom bloom within 48 hours of a 15 gallon water change. So, I decided to go with Kent and haven't looked back since.
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120 gal, 40 gal sump/refugium, 2x250w 10,000K Reeflux MH, 54w T5 actinic, ASM G4+ | |
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02-22-2005, 09:55 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: clovis, CA,California
Posts: 40
Karma: 1
| Re: instant ocean, good or bad salt
i have heard very bad things about the batch quality control with the oceanic brand salt i belive you will do fine with instant ocean the makers also breed fish using IO | |
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02-23-2005, 01:49 AM
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| | Sailfin Tang
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SF/Monterey Bay Area, CA
Posts: 1,749
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| Re: instant ocean, good or bad salt
[quote author=chris-miranda link=board=Salt;num=1109130405;start=0#5 date=02/23/05 at 00:55:59]the makers also breed fish using IO [/quote]
They bred clowns in it, but that hatchery is no longer. Frank H. is with ORA (he sits on the Board of Directors).
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02-23-2005, 01:50 AM
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| | Sailfin Tang
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SF/Monterey Bay Area, CA
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| Re: instant ocean, good or bad salt
Most people I know use IO. I tried Oceanic and will never do that again.
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03-13-2006, 12:27 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rensselaer, Indiana
Posts: 113
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I mixed batch of IO about 1 week ago in a 20 gal tank, went to use it today for a water change and just for my wonderings i tested cal and it tested 340, hmmm, dont seem right to me but i am dosing. At least i know now why I am dosing. | |
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03-13-2006, 12:34 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 403
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I tried Oceanic and will never do that again.
| I am finishing my 2nd container (90gal each) of Oceanic. My coralline algae is coming back really nicely, but don't want to keep using Oceanic if it's bad in the long run. Should I switch?
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Started on Jan 24, cycled on Feb 17
125 gallons (72" x 18" x 22"), 20 gallons sump, 29 gallons fuge. 90 lbs sugar fine sand in MT and 30 in fuge.
Equipments:
Coralife Super Skimmer 220 w/ an air pump to increase micro bubbles, Mag drive 9.5 return pump
2 Maxi 900 and Rio+ 2100 as powerheads, Mag 350 filter
Lighting:
110watts PC, 70watts NO
Resident:
2 Polyps Ricordia
Royal Gramma, Lawnmower Blenny
Sally Light Foot
Pepermint Shrimp
70 Blue Leg Hermits
25 Snails | |
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